Reply #69: You Still Don't Get It.

[Toasterlad]

By claiming to be a christian, you are subscribing to a set of beliefs, and a certain code of conduct. The same is not true of someone born to a country, or one who moves there. In a democracy, we are certainly partly responsible for the decisions of our elected officials, because we vote for them, but we are in no way responsible for the actions of private citizens, simply because we share the same country. You, on the other hand, presumably contribute money to a religious organization, and even if you do not, you help spread the "brand" by identifying yourself as a christian, and therefore help perpetuate it. That makes you partly responsible for the actions of your faith. Like many, many christians, you try to dodge that responsibility by claiming that those who publicly perform ignorant and hateful acts aren't really "christian", and yet, they have the same affiliation you do. You're like the catholics who claim that they don't support the enabling of pedophilia, homophobia and misogyny of the church, and yet contribute money to support all of these practices. You are guilty of all that your church is guilty of, whether you believe yourself to be or not. If you were an honorable person, you'd admit it, instead of trying to deflect your guilt by drawing ludicrous analogies that can be easily disproved by any third grader.

Your refusal to expose your church to scrutiny is noted.